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April 5th, 2004, 12:41 PM
#1
Power On delay of 30 seconds after button
I have a PC wherein sometimes I push the power on button and nothing happens for as much as 30 seconds or a minute. Then for no apparent reason the PC will suddenly power on, post, and then run okay.
I've seen PC that won't post, and some that won't power on at all. But this thing with a long delay after pressing the power button before ANYTHING happens has me completely mystified.
Any suggestions???
Thanks,
Ray Eve
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April 5th, 2004, 01:36 PM
#2
Registered User
Hi Ray,
Without trying to sound bossy, the more info the better.
What type of PC do you have? A brand name perhaps such as Dell, HP, etc.? Which version of Windows are you using? How about BIOS...up to date?
Have you already tried replacing the power supply? Double-checked all connections going to the mobo? How about the power handling capabilities of the power supply...is it enough to support all of your peripherals? Can you break it down to a bare bones system?
Also, how about the power switch itself? Can you bypass it to get the PC to power up?
"YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAGH!!!" --Howard Dean, Chief of the Democratic Party
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April 5th, 2004, 01:54 PM
#3
Registered User
Originally Posted by raymondeve
I have a PC wherein sometimes I push the power on button and nothing happens for as much as 30 seconds or a minute. Then for no apparent reason the PC will suddenly power on, post, and then run okay.
I've seen PC that won't post, and some that won't power on at all. But this thing with a long delay after pressing the power button before ANYTHING happens has me completely mystified.
Any suggestions???
Thanks,
Ray Eve
Welcome to windrivers raymondeve,Sounds like a bad capacitor to me, but am really a novice in electronics.
HP Laptop 6830s with 4 Gbs ram and a 250gb HDD I run Vista business 64bit. But I have some old computers too.
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April 5th, 2004, 02:18 PM
#4
Driver Terrier
yup, swap out the psu, if that doesn't work, go over the motherboard with a magnifying glass.
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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April 5th, 2004, 05:59 PM
#5
Registered User
Power supply...
Or if you just built the PC yourself...make sure that you don't have any rogue brass/silver standoffs that are shorting out the motherboard....fat chance but I thought I'd mention it.
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April 6th, 2004, 11:03 AM
#6
Originally Posted by LaSERCHiPs
Power supply...
Or if you just built the PC yourself...make sure that you don't have any rogue brass/silver standoffs that are shorting out the motherboard....fat chance but I thought I'd mention it.
Thanks, but it's been running okay for about 3 years, until recently
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April 6th, 2004, 12:22 PM
#7
Driver Terrier
then look for metallic debris sucked in by the fan, you know odd bits of gum wrappers and so on.
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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April 7th, 2004, 06:53 AM
#8
Registered User
Another idea...
Had a laptop with this problem-got to 3 minutes before startup! It was the Motherboard Battery!
"It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine!"
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